Team Leader

Change Grow Live; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking a Team Leader for the Opiate Team in Hull. This full-time role involves leading team operations, empowering staff, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Ideal for candidates with experience in health and social care, particularly those who can inspire and develop teams to improve service user outcomes. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Paid wellness hour

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant experience of leading teams working in health and social care.
• Knowledge of current legislation regarding children and safeguarding.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Operational line management of a team of staff.
• Lead on recruitment, selection, and induction of staff.
• Empower staff to support service users' potential.
• Ensure staff are competent in delivering interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Communication skills

Knowledge of safeguarding

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Job description

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a real difference in the lives of our service users. Our core values — Be open, be compassionate, and be bold — guide everything we do. Our teams apply these values every day, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person accessing our services as an individual, and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our Team Leaders at Change Grow Live play a vital role in ensuring effective service provision. They create a focused and supportive culture, engage staff to deliver innovative and continually improving services, and provide leadership, guidance, and development to a diverse team.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to lead our Opiate Team in Hull. This team is an integral part of our service, and you will oversee its day-to-day operations while also contributing to wider management support across the service.

Where Hull

Hours Full time, 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range £35,220.59 - £37,184.90 (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

• Please note Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
  
  
  

About the role

• Operational line management of a team of staff which includes supervision (with reflective practice), appraisal, performance and sickness management as well as ensuring staff follow CGL and external policies applicable to their roles.
• Empowering staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, control, and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
• Work with your team and Designated Safeguarding Lead (if not your role) to ensure that the practices within the team/service enable identification of service users, children and families who are at risk. Ensure that staff are competent in the delivery of interventions that reduce risk to service users.
• Support staff to improve service user outcomes through observed practice, providing timely values-based feedback.
• Lead on the recruitment, selection and induction of staff.
  
  
  

About you

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• Knowledge and experience of developing and leading health and social care services and delivering services which evidence high performance and quality standards.
• Significant experience of leading teams who work with families where children are subject to social care intervention.
• Knowledge of current legislation surrounding children, young people, and safeguarding practice
• Able to lead, inspire and develop a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to use common MS Office applications (Word/Excel/Outlook)
  
  
  

What we will give to you

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
  
  
  

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

Please note This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here Skilled Worker visa Overview - GOV.UK

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

CGL points 31 to 33 (£35,220.59 - £37,184.90)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

14/8/2025

Dawn Lanham | [e-mail] | 07399928304

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.